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United States Military Academy (West Point) - Duty, Honor, Country (adopted 1898) [6] United States Army Special Forces (Green Berets) - Latin: De Oppresso Liber, lit. 'To Free the Oppressed' [7] Army Medical Department - To Conserve Fighting Strength [8] United States Army Military Police Corps - Assist. Protect. Defend.
95th Air Assault Brigade: Сила, мужність, честь (Ukrainian for "Strength, Courage, Honor") 128th Mountain Assault Brigade: Для України, за її свободу (Ukrainian for "For Ukraine, for its freedom.")
Previously, one of the possible meanings was: Austriae est imperare orbi universo (Austria's destiny is to rule the world). [citation needed] Azerbaijan: No official motto. Unofficial: The Land of Fire (Azerbaijani: Odlar Yurdu) [citation needed] The national motto of Bolivia, La Unión es la Fuerza (Unity is Strength), is inscribed on ...
A kenning (Old English kenning [cʰɛnːiŋɡ], Modern Icelandic [cʰɛnːiŋk]) is a circumlocution, an ambiguous or roundabout figure of speech, used instead of an ordinary noun in Old Norse, Old English, and later Icelandic poetry.
Belgian monarchy: French: L'Union Fait La Force (Union makes strength) British monarchy (Plantagenet): French: Dieu Et Mon Droit (God and my right / God and my right shall me defend) Dutch monarchy: French: Je Maintiendrai (I will maintain) Greek royal family : Greek: Ἰσχύς μου ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ λαοῦ (People's love, my strength)
Legal term meaning "by the court", as in a per curiam decision: per definitionem: through the definition: Thus, "by definition" per diem (pd.) by day: Thus, "per day". A specific amount of money an organization allows an individual to spend per day, typically for travel expenses. per fas et nefas: through right or wrong: By fair means or foul ...
At one time virtus extended to include a wide range of meanings that covered one general ethical ideal. [1] The use of the word grew and shifted to fit evolving ideas of what manliness meant. [2] Once virtus meant primarily that a man was a brave warrior, but it came also to mean that he was a good man, someone who did the right thing. During ...
Gallic coin featuring Virtus U.S. Continental currency Virginia four-dollar note of 1776 (obverse) with Virtus at the left. In ancient Roman religion, Virtus (Latin pronunciation: [ˈwɪrtuːs̠]) was the deity of bravery and military strength, the personification of the Roman virtue of virtus.